diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix
index e05c0c8b2ac..96b9815aa2b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix
@@ -829,16 +829,8 @@ in
 
     system.build.units = cfg.units;
 
-    # Systemd provides various NSS modules to look up dynamic users, locally
-    # configured IP adresses and local container hostnames.
-    # On NixOS, these can only be passed to the NSS system via nscd (and its
-    # LD_LIBRARY_PATH), which is why it's usually a very good idea to have nscd
-    # enabled (also see the config.nscd.enable description).
-    # While there is already an assertion in place complaining loudly about
-    # having nssModules configured and nscd disabled, for some reason we still
-    # check for nscd being enabled before adding to nssModules.
-    system.nssModules = optional config.services.nscd.enable systemd.out;
-    system.nssDatabases = mkIf config.services.nscd.enable {
+    system.nssModules = [ systemd.out ];
+    system.nssDatabases = {
       hosts = (mkMerge [
         [ "mymachines" ]
         (mkOrder 1600 [ "myhostname" ] # 1600 to ensure it's always the last